Israeli, Palestinian and American Collaboration Saves Life of Nablus Teen
Cooperation between Israelis, the Palestinian Authority and the US National Institutes of Health has saved the life of Jummana, a 17-year-old girl from Nablus who had been suffering from a serious and rare endocrine problem.
Working together under a new model of treatment called “Bring the Patient, Bring the Surgeon,” her PA doctors to referred her to Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, where she arrived in a wheelchair suffering from extreme pain in her bones and was diagnosed with hypophosphatemia (extremely low phosphate levels). The cause of the condition, however, left her physicians puzzled.
‘Bringg’ Brings On-Demand Delivery Services To Small Businesses, Consumers
The Uber revolution – which started with a mobile app that allows customers to identify and track the closest taxi driver available – has now spread to almost every product and service you can imagine, from carpooling to shoes.
But what about small businesses and mom-and-pop stores that want to implement such services, but cannot afford to develop their own technology? Aiming to enable the smallest companies to implement high-tech delivery and tracking services, two Israeli entrepreneurs have founded mobile platform Bringg, which helps small businesses manage their deliveries online – just like the giant e-commerce sites.
Israeli Polio Victim Builds a Scooter for the Disabled
There are tens of millions of people around the world who, while not totally disabled, have a hard time getting around physically — and, as a result, tend to stay home, missing out on much of what life has to offer. Polio victim Nino Ransenberg felt their pain — but instead of submitting to the constraints his condition imposed on him, he invented a better way to get around.
Edtech Start-Ups Get a Boost from New Funding
Entrepreneurs Yair Brosh and Shachar Vilner want to see Israel use its tech and entrepreneurial skills to take advantage of that market. So they created Edvantage – a sort of combination venture capital fund and accelerator, which is designed to encourage start-ups in informal education — video tech firms, digital books and learning materials, platforms for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and others. Edvantage is the brainstorm of Time to Know, a veteran Israeli edtech firm that was one of the first to develop digital materials for the classroom in Israel.
The Sky’s the Limit for Parking Downtown
City centers the world over are getting more crowded, and that means drivers are having a harder time finding parking. Recognizing that not everyone is going to give up their vehicle and take a train or bus, Israeli firm Unitronics has been developing an automated parking system to remedy the situation – providing builders with the ability to fit more cars in less space, saving them time and money, and saving the parking structure’s neighbors from excess pollution.
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